"Historically unpopular" Trump reacts to new poll

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings six months in are historically bad. What does he think of the latest poll?

The latest poll by the Washington Post and ABC News has given Trump one of his worst net approval ratings yet. The poll suggests that 36% of American voters approve of Trump’s performance as president so far compared to the 58% who said they disapprove of his performance. This gives him a net approval rating of -16%.

FiveThirtyEight, which gathers and models statistical data, says that Trump is “historically unpopular” for a president at this point in their presidency. They point out that since 1945 no president has had a negative net approval rating at this stage in their presidency, except Gerald Ford on -6%, a score still significantly higher than Trump’s rating today.

Richard Wood

Richard Wood is a Masters student in Political Research at the University of Aberdeen and is Head of Media for campaign-group TalkPolitics. Other than politics, he is passionate about travel, running, and writing, as well as all things space-related.